Limbach-Oberfrohna
Limbach-Oberfrohna is a town in the district of Zwickau in the German Free State of Saxony.
Limbach-Oberfrohna | |
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 Aerial photograph 2012 | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Limbach-Oberfrohna within Zwickau district  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°52′N 12°45′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Zwickau |
| Municipal assoc. | Limbach-Oberfrohna |
| Subdivisions | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015–22) | Jesko Vogel[1] (FW) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50.17 km2 (19.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 349 m (1,145 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 23,711 |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 09212 |
| Dialling codes | 03722, 037609 |
| Vehicle registration | Z |
| Website | www.limbach-oberfrohna.de |
Main sights
- Schloss (Castle) Wolkenburg
- Protestant church in Oberfrohna
- Wasserturm ("Water Tower")
- Limbach Municipal Church
Town hall
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The town hall was previously the manor house. It was acquired by Friedrich Ludwig Leuschner in 1863 and sold by Otto Leuschner to the municipality in 1911.[3]
Economy
Limbach-Oberfrohna is situated in the manufacturing district of Chemnitz. It has a public park and a monument to the composer Johannes Pache. Its industries in the past included the making of worsteds, cloth, silk and sewing-machines, dyeing and bleaching. However, these industries collapsed almost completely after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Today, the biggest employers in the town are Siemens VDO, a former branch of the Siemens AG and manufacturer of car-supplies together with other mechanical-engineering firms.
Transport
The town is situated near the Bundesautobahn 4 and Bundesautobahn 72. Chemnitz, a city with a long existing mechanical-engineering-industry, is situated about 15 km to the east of Limbach-Oberfrohna.
Notable people
- Siegfried Schnabl (born 1927), sexologist and psychotherapist
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Limbach". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 691.
- Bürgermeisterwahlen 2015, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 13 July 2021.
- "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.
- Dehn, Heyko. "Limbach". www.historisches-sachsen.net. Heyko Dehn. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
